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September 27, 2010November 3, 2012

Iranian arrested in Bangkok for smuggling 5 kilos of ‘ice’

BANGKOK, Sept 27 – An Iranian national was arrested Monday at Thailand’s main international airport for smuggling 5.7 kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, worth over Bt20 million (about US$650,000), into the kingdom. Customs Department officials inspected the impounded drugs seized from 25-year-old Feizollahi Adel in the international arrival terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport. […]

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Bangkok

September 27, 2010

DSI: More attacks expected in Bangkok

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tharit Pengdit said he expects more violence to occur in Bangkok. Mr Tharit said unrest would continue in Bangkok as ill-intentioned people continue to incite unrest. He could not predict what form such violence would take, or when. The DSI had not asked that police refer the bombings to […]

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Bangkok

September 26, 2010April 6, 2018

Bomb explodes near race course in central Bangkok

BANGKOK, Sept 26 — Thai police are studying the images retained by a closed circuit camera to determine if it captured views of a bomber who planted an explosive device near a race track in central Bangkok. Police said the bomb exploded at about 12.30am Sunday under a flyover bridge near the Nang Lerng horse […]

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Bangkok

September 26, 2010

Bangkok Bus driver shot by angry passenger

A bus driver was in a serious condition last night after he was shot by an angry passenger in Bangkok yesterday morning. Reports said Passada Pu-ngerndao, 50, the driver of a number 1075 bus, refused to stop in front of Soi Amornpan despite a request from the passenger to do so. He allegedly said he […]

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Bangkok

September 25, 2010

Nepalese green card-holder deported from Bangkok after 18-hour detention

Airport visa goof-up in holiday horror A US-based Nepalese homemaker headed for a holiday in Thailand via Calcutta was cleared for boarding at the city airport despite not holding a Thai visa, leaving her to face 18 hours of detention in Bangkok before she was deported. Tsomala Lama, 33, has accused Thai Airways and immigration […]

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Bangkok

September 24, 2010November 3, 2012

Three wounded in small bomb explosion in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Sept 24 — Another in a series of explosions jarred homeward bound Bangkok commuters late Friday afternoon, the first to take place during the rush hour, adding to the sense of unease that the blasts that have jarred the Thai capital recently. Three passersby were injured — two schoolgirls and an older man –by […]

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Bangkok

September 24, 2010

Prachatai director detained by police at Suvarnabhumi

Chiranuch Premchaiporn was detained by immigration police at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2.30 pm today upon arrival from a trip to the Internet at Liberty 2010 Conference in Hungary. The police showed an arrest warrant issued by Khon Kaen Provincial Court, and she will probably be sent to the province today. Currently, the charges are not […]

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Bangkok

September 24, 2010November 3, 2012

Thai Court orders Khunying Pojaman to return Ratchadapisek land to FIDF, get refund

BANGKOK, Sept 24 — Thailand’s Civil Court on Friday ruled that the purchase agreement for plots of Ratchadapisek land between the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) and Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was invalidated so that Khunying Pojaman must return the four plots of land to the FIDF and […]

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